[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Saturday morning

2011-05-07 Thread Jay McGowan
Cayuga Bird Club trip preliminary report: Sapsucker Woods. LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WILSON'S WARBLER, Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler, RED-EYED VIREO, Yellow-throated Vireo. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] White-faced Ibis, Stewart Park

2011-05-07 Thread Jay McGowan
Tim Lenz reports a WHITE-FACED IBIS on the golf course from Stewart Park. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Indigo bunting

2011-05-07 Thread Regi Teasley
We had an Indigo bunting feeding on the ground beneath our tray feeders today at midday. City of Ithaca, West Hill. Regi -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Upper Buttermilk Falls, Shindagin Hollow yesterday

2011-05-07 Thread Evan Barrientos
Hi all, Here are the checklists from a pretty good day with the Conservation of Birds class yesterday. -Evan Barrientos Location: Buttermilk Falls SP--South Area Observation date: 5/6/11 Notes: Eastern Phoebe nest with 6 eggs Number of species: 33 Osprey 1 Belted Kingfisher

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake, Park Nature Preserve, Hammond Hill SF

2011-05-07 Thread Evan Barrientos
Hi again, These are the checklists from birding this morning. Highlights were a singing PRAIRIE WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, as well as some other new arrivals. Good birding, Evan Barrientos Location: Dryden Lake Observation date: 5/7/11 Notes: BRCR nest site and RBWO excavating cavity

[cayugabirds-l] American White Pelican

2011-05-07 Thread Joe Carol Slattery
Hi, Today-East Road 11:00 am: Two American White Pelicans Joe Carol -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] common migrants

2011-05-07 Thread B Mcaneny
Spring has arrived between the lakes. This a.m. there were at least two White-crowned Sparrows and two female Purple Finches at our feeders. The Siskin is still among the 20 Goldfinches and about 4 pairs of Barn Swallows are making nests in the barn. One Baltimore Oriole (one of the two

Re: [cayugabirds-l] White-faced Ibis, Stewart Park

2011-05-07 Thread Drew Fulton
I just checked for the Ibises and they were not present at 4:45 however there was a Common Moorhen visible in some of the flooded vegetation on the golf course side as viewed from Stewart Park. Drew --- Drew Fulton Drew Fulton Photography d...@drewfulton.com mobile: 321.230.6212

[cayugabirds-l] WC Sparrows

2011-05-07 Thread Tom Hoebbel
We have 4+ White Crowned Sparrows at our feeders and surrounds on Burns road in Brooktondale No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frankhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/annefrank379577.html Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video www.TH-Photo.com

Re:[cayugabirds-l] White-faced Ibis, Stewart Park

2011-05-07 Thread Jay McGowan
The TWO WHITE-FACED IBIS are still present on the flooded area on the golf course, visible from Stewart Park across Fall Creek. They are both in nice breeding plumage with red faces and legs and broad white facial borders. Jay McGowan On May 7, 2011 9:21 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:

[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbird: an interesting article and a photo

2011-05-07 Thread Marie P Read
Here's an interesting article about the Rusty Blackbird that appears in Northern Woodlands magazine (a very nice publication with all kinds of natural history tidbits, although with a definite focus on forestry, for those who aren't familiar with it)

[cayugabirds-l] Rose-breasted grosbeak

2011-05-07 Thread Watt W. Webb
Rose-Breasted grosbeak male has arrived at my Teeter Rd feeders just as last year. I hope that a mate turns up too and that they stay in the vicinity with occasional feeder visits until offspring appear and mature as several times in past years. watt webb. -- Watt W. Webb Professor of Applied

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sandhills

2011-05-07 Thread Susan Fast
Correction: while doing up my field notes, it occurred to me that since both male and female sandhill cranes incubate, my designation of the incubating bird as female may have been incorrect. S. Fast _ From: bounce-26402445-9286...@list.cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Migrants around Ithaca

2011-05-07 Thread skarkuf1
Lots of warblers seen today. I toured around to lots of spots around the Ithaca area throughout the morning. I started at the Dodge Rd spruces, where there was BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, YELLOW WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and in the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] White-faced Ibis, Stewart Park

2011-05-07 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
I checked around 3 PM with no luck either -- did anyone see them depart or relocate? No Moorhen for me, but 48 BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the flooded golf course were nice, plus singing WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and lingering PALM WARBLER. The remnant raft of ducks off Stewart had 2 male REDHEAD, 6

[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons Biod. Preserve

2011-05-07 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, Ton and I started birding early this morning on our property, east of Ithaca. New birds for the year were RED-EYED VIREO, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and REDSTART. There were also many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, as there were just now (8 pm), hawking from trees. Among these